Rob Diaz de VillegasWFSU-TV

Dr. Harold Kroto has a soccer ball. Drs. Randall Hughes and David Kimbro have WFSU-TV (and me). IGOR associate producer Rebecca Wilkerson produced the video above, the first SciTalk, our new video series on how scientists talk to people who aren’t scientists, about science. It stars Dr. Kroto, a Nobel Laureate for his co-discovery of buckminsterfullerenes. And hey, how about that, bucky balls look exactly like soccer balls! For Kroto’s audiences, this is the gateway to the complex chemistry of carbon composites, made simple and clean. Continue reading →